Swords · Air
Four of Swordsfor Scorpio
"Rest isn't the question. What you do next is."
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The effigy of a knight in the attitude of prayer, at full length upon his tomb. Swords represents knowledge and the four card represents stability. Together the cards mean taking a moment to reflect and regroup after a turbulent time.
You just went through a big rupture, but are moving on. You are taking a moment with your thoughts and letting yourself rest before moving forward. The next phase of your journey will require a lot of you, so restore your energy. If you are single, now is not the time to jump into something new. Things are coming for you but you'll need to be healthy and strong to fully take advantage of them.
You are unable to rest or move on from a big rupture. You feel like if you never stop running things won't catch up with you. Pause, listen to your body (like literally do a body scan) and pay attention to how you are feeling. Feelings help guide us and let us know how to get our needs met.
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Four of Swords for Scorpio
The Transformer
Scorpio is a Water fixed sign ruled by Mars, whose natural subject is shared resources, other people's money, death, sex, what is hidden. Swords are the air suit, so the Four of Swords sits in Libra. Libra sits directly beside Scorpio, the one relationship a sign cannot see clearly because it is too close to get any distance on. What it asks for is this: write the sentence down and stop rewriting it. The difficulty is noticing it is being asked at all. Scorpio is fixed: it holds on, and this card sits in the sustained middle, which is the one stretch fixed signs are actually built for. The card and the sign pull in different directions, and the friction is the information. Upright, the structure is holding. Holding is not the same as being right.
Keep the thread
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